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The Boston Tea Party and Intolerable Acts 1773

The Boston Tea Party and Intolerable Acts 1773. SS4H4 The student will explain the causes, events, and results of the American Revolution.

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The Boston Tea Party and Intolerable Acts 1773

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  1. The Boston Tea Partyand Intolerable Acts1773 SS4H4 The student will explain the causes, events, and results of the American Revolution. a. Trace the events that shaped the revolutionary movement in America, including the French and Indian War, British Imperial Policy that led to the 1765 Stamp Act, the slogan “no taxation without representation,” the activities of the Sons of Liberty, and the Boston Tea Party. What was Boston Tea Party? How was the Tea Party significant to the American Revolution?

  2. For years, colonists avoided British tea tax by smuggling in Dutch tea through the Caribbean.

  3. In 1773, British Parliament passed the Tea Act. They allowed the East India Company of Britain to sell tea in the colonies at an extremely low price.

  4. The Tea Act made British tea (with the tax) less expensive than the smuggled tea from the Caribbean. Taxed tea sold by East India Company $ Smuggled tea from the Caribbean $

  5. I know the British tea is cheaper than the tea from the Caribbean. But I refuse to give any of my money to King George or British Parliament! Colonists still boycotted the British tea, even though it actually cost less.

  6. Ships filled with tea from England sat in Boston Harbor. Merchants refused to sell the tea, so there was no place to unload it from the boats.

  7. On December 16, 1773, dozens of Sons of Liberty boarded the ships illegally.

  8. They were disguised as Native Americans.

  9. They destroyed the tea by throwing it into the harbor.

  10. This event became known as The Boston Tea Party

  11. British Parliament punished the colonists for the Tea Party.

  12. Sent more soldiers to Boston and enforced the Quartering Act Closed Boston Harbor and stopped all trade between Boston and Britain Punishment for the colonies: Made it illegal for Massachusetts to have town meetings. The government of Massachusetts was controlled by the English appointed governor.

  13. The colonists responded to the Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) by gathering for the First Continental Congress.

  14. The First Continental Congress • Colonists sent delegates to Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress: • Delegates wrote a letter to King George • Said colonists should have the same rights as other British citizens • Asked parliament and King George to stop taxing the colonies without representation in parliament • Asked to repeal the Intolerable Acts

  15. Colonists begin training for battle in case of war with Britain King George plans to send more soldiers. He declared that the colonists had begun a rebellion.

  16. The Boston Tea Party1773 SS4H4 The student will explain the causes, events, and results of the American Revolution. a. Trace the events that shaped the revolutionary movement in America, including the French and Indian War, British Imperial Policy that led to the 1765 Stamp Act, the slogan “no taxation without representation,” the activities of the Sons of Liberty, and the Boston Tea Party. What was Boston Tea Party? How was the Tea Party significant to the American Revolution?

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